11 Crips Gang Members Indicted For 9 NYC Shootings

NEW YORK CITY — Eleven reputed gang members of two Queens-based Crips subsets have been indicted on attempted murder and a number of other charges, prosecutors announced on Thursday.

The charges come after a three-and-a-half-year investigation that looked into members of the "Whole Blocc Boys” and “Score On Anything” gangs, who are both connected to nine shooting dating back between March 2021 and December 2022, prosecutors said.

Five victims have been identified as part of this investigation, one of whom is paralyzed from the waist down.

"The defendants are accused of causing frenzied violence in their own communities by trying to kill their gang rivals as part of an ongoing turf war. Violent gang activity places countless lives in danger, and we cannot and will not surrender our streets to reckless gang warfare," Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz said.

According to the investigation, the defendants are members of the 8 Trey Movin Crips street gang, under the leadership of defendants Alphati “Havoc” Tanis and Trevor “T3” Bailey, who routinely gave orders to subordinates to kill rivals in an effort to establish dominance and protect their home territory.

The defendants are connected to numerous gun fights and shootings that took place in broad daylight, often in the presence of innocent bystanders. At least one incident occurred inside a public playground while another took place at Roy Wilkins Park in St. Albans. An additional shooting incident took place one block from Sutphin playground and P.S. 223 in South Jamaica.

Eleven guns were seized in the course of the investigation.

Five defendants were also charged with attempted assault in the first degree, reckless endangerment in the first degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree.

If convicted of the top count, three of the defendants face a potential maximum sentence of 25 years in prison and two of the defendants face a potential maximum of life in prison.

A number of other defendants are in custody with charges pending.

"The senseless violence described in this indictment has no place in our city, and we are committed to using all available resources to identify and dismantle gangs and crews wherever they operate," NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said.